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MA EXAMINATION
7AAN2081
Political Philosophy I
SUMMER 2013
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
Answer TWO questions
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7AAN2081
Answer TWO questions.
1 ‘The principle of average utility would never be chosen in the
Original Position.’ Discuss.
2 Assess the plausibility of Nozick’s favoured principle of
acquisition.
3 EITHER: Can the authority of the state ever be reconciled with
individual autonomy?
OR: Could citizens ever be under a moral duty to obey an unjust
command of the state? If so, on what grounds?
4 Are purely instrumental justifications of democracy convincing?
5 In what sense, if any, do we harm the global poor?
6 EITHER: Can the idea that our country of birth is ‘arbitrary from
a moral point of view’ be used to support global nonrelational
egalitarianism?
OR: Assess Nagel’s argument for restricting the scope of
egalitarianism to citizens and residents of states.
7 Can the notion of ‘global governance’ be given a philosophical
justification?
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